Halsey v. Sauer

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Bergen, J.

The writ in this case was allowed for the purpose of reviewing the proceedings of a justice of the peace under the supplement to an act entitled “An act concerning landlords and tenants,” which supplement was approved March 3d, 1903 (Pamph. L., p. 26), and the final hearing on the writ was had before a single justice of the Supreme Court under the statute for that purpose.

The affidavit filed with the justice, upon which his jurisdiction must rest, shows that the defendant in certiorari was the owner of the leased premises; that she became the…